Vareo
Vareo (own spelling Vareo) is a trademark of the administration union transport Rheinland in rail transport . It is used for the operation of a railway line network in North Rhine-Westphalia and Rhineland-Palatinate around Cologne , which is also known as the Cologne diesel network . Most of the routes used are not electrified. Vareo represents V oreifel, A hrtal, R hein, E IFEL, O berbergisches country / Upper Volmetal. Current operator DB Regio with its business region NRW .
history
The Vareo network exists under the current name since December 2013. At that time, joined the new Europe-wide tender for the Zweckverband transport Rhineland (RNR) and regional rail transport authorities to DB Regio assigned traffic contract in force. The regional rail passenger transport association Rhineland-Palatinate North was also involved in the award , as part of the routes served are in Rhineland-Palatinate . Previously, the services in local rail passenger transport (SPNV) were advertised for the first time in 1999, at that time under the name "Cologne Diesel Network". DB Regio was also able to secure this award after the services had previously been awarded directly to Deutsche Bahn in 1999 as part of the regionalization of the regional rail transport .
The Vareo network essentially comprises the regional rail transport services on those railway lines around Cologne that are not electrified. The following routes are largely or exclusively used with services from the Vareo network:
- Eifelbahn (Cologne – Euskirchen – Gerolstein – Trier)
- Oberbergische Bahn (Cologne – Gummersbach – Lüdenscheid)
- Voreifelbahn (Bonn – Euskirchen)
- Erft Valley Railway (Euskirchen – Bad Münstereifel)
- Ahr Valley Railway (Remagen – Ahrbrück)
There are also services between Bonn and Remagen on the Left Rhine route .
Line network
All seven lines are operated by the DB Regio NRW. The following lines operate under the name Vareo:
| line | Route | Tact |
|---|---|---|
| S 23 RB 23 |
Voreifelbahn Bonn - Alfter - Meckenheim - Rheinbach - Euskirchen - Bad Münstereifel |
30 minutes 60 minutes (Euskirchen – Bad Münstereifel) |
| RE 12 |
Eifel-Mosel-Express Cologne - Euskirchen - Gerolstein - Trier |
(2 times a day, 3 times on the weekend) |
| RE 22 |
Eifel Express Cologne - Erftstadt - Euskirchen - Kall - Jünkerath - Gerolstein (- RB 22 , formerly RB 83 to Trier ) |
60 minutes |
| RB 24 |
Eifelbahn Cologne - Hürth-Kalscheuren - Erftstadt - Weilerswist - Euskirchen - Mechernich - Kall (HVZ to Gerolstein, Trier) |
60 minutes |
| RB 25 |
Oberbergische Bahn
Cologne - Refrath - Overath - Engelskirchen - Gummersbach - Meinerzhagen - Lüdenscheid |
30 minutes (Cologne – Gerolstein) 60 minutes (Cologne – Lüdenscheid) |
| RB 30 RB 39 |
Ahr Valley Railway |
60 minutes (Bonn – Ahrbrück) 30 minutes (Remagen – Dernau) |
vehicles
In 2011, Deutsche Bahn ordered 56 diesel multiple units from the manufacturer Alstom . These are 18 units of the type LINT 54 and 38 units of the type LINT 81. Due to delays in approval, the trains could not be used as planned for the timetable change in December 2013. The operation began in the course of 2014, the last vehicles were not put into operation until April 2015.
In February 2015, DB Regio ordered two more LINT 81 multiple units, which were accepted in December 2015. In order to increase the vehicle capacity, nine LINT 54 multiple units were expanded by an intermediate car in 2016 and are therefore almost identical to the LINT 81.
| model series | image | Start of deployment | number | Remarks |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 620 (LINT 81) |
 |
since 2014 | 38 (001-038) | |
| 2015 | 2 (039-040) | |||
 |
2014 | 9 (041-049) | before conversion 622 010-018 | |
| 622 (LINT 54) |
 |
since 2014 | 9 (001–009) |
future
The lines RB 24 and RB 25 are to be replaced by a new S-Bahn line S 15 between Overath and Kall after the end of the transport contract . In addition, the Voreifelbahn is to be electrified. Because of the S-Bahn traffic, the stops in Weilerswist and Mechernich will then be omitted on lines RE 12 and RE 22 .
Incidents
- In the early morning of June 1, 2018, a class 620 train derailed as RE12 to Trier at the southern end of the single-track Wilsecker tunnel due to thunderstorms and mudslides. The train was towed and taken to the Deutzerfeld depot in Cologne. Nobody was injured.
Picture gallery
The Oberbergische Bahn in Cologne Messe / Deutz station
LINT 54 , which has been in use on the Voreifelbahn since May 2014
Euskirchen-Kreuzweingarten stop
Mechernich station (2017)
Crossing the Ahr at Marienthal
The Hoffnungsthal station , left in the background the former station building (2016)
Regional train vareo on the Eifel route, south of Nettersheim (2015)
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See also
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ RNR: Competition. Fair competition for more quality , accessed on June 12, 2020
- ↑ "vareo": Premiere for the future-oriented vehicle generation "Alstom Coradia LINT" in the Cologne diesel network. Alstom , accessed June 13, 2020 .
- ↑ vareo: Press archive 2015. Accessed on June 13, 2020 .
- ↑ vareo: Modern vehicles. Retrieved June 13, 2020 .
- ↑ New railcar DB AG. Retrieved June 13, 2020 .